Welcome coffee: Our next welcome coffee for our new members, our potential members and other members will be: Tuesday June 15th from 10.00 – 12.00, Place: Brasserie Britannique, Vrijthof 6, Maastricht. We hope to see many of you there!

The Maastricht Region Expat Guide is a new comprehensive guide to help newcomers feel at home in the Maastricht Region quickly. It contains everything one needs to know about the Maastricht Region, including insights into the the Netherlands. The Expat Guide was produced in cooperation with Brainport Development N.V., the City of Maastricht, Maastricht University and the Maastricht Region Branding Foundation.( Source: Maastricht Region Branding Foundation)

I would like to take this opportunity to say something to all IWC members as I happen to be visiting Maastricht for two weeks. I was a member of the club for six years and we left in 2005. We feel that we've made the right decision to go back and we live now a full life in our homeland with our people and culture. But I would like to thank the club for being my home and a listening ear, for giving me friendship and emotional support during those special and adventurous six years of my life. I hope that the club will still exist for many years to come to give support to other women who live away from home. I was surprised to see that everybody remembered me and welcomed me although four years have passed, and it's nice to see that you have all stayed as young as ever. With love, from Eilat Schiff, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Kiyo, Eilat and Sueli enjoying a sunny lunch in Maastricht

New interest group: Interior Design group. Interested? Please see announcement in the members' section.

Video clip: Lebanese Lunch with the West Limburg Cooking Group

On the menu: On the menu: Fatayer bil-S'banegh (Spinach Triangles), Syrian Stuffed Kibbeh, Chicken Shawarma, Toum (garlic sauce), Tarator (tahini sauce), Yogurt, Tabouleh, Baba Ghanoush, Hommus, Rice, Turkish Baklava

We had a wonderful time, thank you Molly!

Video clip: Brazilian Lunch with the West Limburg Cooking Group

On the menu: MOQUECA DE PEIXE (Fish with coconut milk stew), CAMARÃO NA MORANGA (Shrimp in the pumpkin), FAROFA (Toasted manioc flour), WHITE RICE, PALM HEART SALAD, BRIGADEIRO

What a delicious lunch it was, thank you Walmari!

Anglican English Language Sunday services in Maastricht:
1st and 3rd Sunday of each month – 10.30am in rooms at the back of the Onze Lieve Vrouw church (go in through Stokstraat, on the gravel path opposite the little boy and dog statue). Junior Church is also provided. Last Sunday of each month – 5pm, St Jan's Church in Maastricht (red-spired church on Vrijthof). These services are held with the backing of the Church of England. Everybody is welcome. For more details, please contact Claire and Richard Middleton or Alex Hobson, Anglican Chaplain to NATO base at Brunssum. The Church of England has many Churches across Europe and the world.

Join the international community Maastricht Region on Facebook
Would you like to meet other expatriates in the Maastricht region? Yes? Then, please feel welcome to join the newly created “International community Maastricht Region ” group on Facebook.
This virtual network aims at bringing together the professional international community in South Limburg and will be presented on October 6th during the Expat Fair organised by the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. (If you don't have a (free) Facebook account yet, it's very easy to create one ;)!